Re: [DMCForum] Ka-boom!

["Martin Gutkowski" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just posted this to the DML. Are you sitting down?

Let me get this strait.... you performed a pressure test BEFORE you ran 
the engine up after replacing the head gaskets?! Oh dear. The head 
gaskets have an adhesive in them which bonds the mating surfaces 
together and only works once the engine has been run up to temperature; 
the adhesive flows and the head gaskets are properly bonded. Now you've 
gone and forced water between them in places, you should seriously 
consider stripping them back down to dry them off and replace with new 
gaskets.

If it makes you feel any better I've done a similar thing where we had 
to strip one head off again after filling with coolant.

Martin

cruznmd wrote:

>Well. It's possible that I may have the engine re-assembled and ready 
>to test tomorrow.
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>Whether I'll have the balls to actually start it is another matter 
>entirely.
>
>Judging by the lack of response to my cooling system pressure test 
>results, I'm either so F'd up that no one has the heart to tell me, 
>or I'm reasonably on track and no one felt it was necessary to 
>comment.
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>I had to put off mechanics as my hobby for nearly 4 years as the Navy 
>drained more and more of my personal life away. I was hardly an 
>expert then. So what do I do now that I'm out? Get a car more complex 
>than any I've worked on before and tear it apart. Re-learning basic 
>mechanics on a DeLorean was not smart.
>
>Despite my efforts not to rush, and to be careful and study and read 
>and question everything, I sense something terrible is going to 
>happen when I turn the key.
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